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Volume 8, No. 2, August 2017 Novita Anggraini Listyaning Sumardiyani Faiza Hawa Metaphorical Symbols Used in Linkin Park’s Song Lyrics and its Contribution to Teaching Poetry Novita Anggraini, Listyaning Sumardiyani, Faiza Hawa Faculty of Language and Arts, University of PGRI Semarang Abstract The objectives of this study are: 1) to find out the meaning of metaphorical symbols in Linkin Park’s song lyrics; 2) to find out the contribution of Linkin Park’s song lyrics to teaching poetry. In this study, the writer applies the descriptive qualitative approach in this study to analyze implicit meaning of metaphorical symbols used in Linkin Park’s song lyrics. Besides that, the writer wants to describe its contribution to teaching poetry. The finding show that the writer found 38 metaphorical symbols in the five Linkin Park’s song lyric. It consists of 4 symbols in the Numb, 14 symbols in Hands Held High, 5 symbols in What I’ve done, 5 symbols in New Divide, 10 symbols in Final Masquerade. Through using those song lyrics, the students can learn the figurative languages which can be found in those song lyrics, especially metaphorical symbols. The students can understand the meaning of the metaphorical symbols which can enrich their vocabulary through learn the examples of implicit meaning analysis in this study. So they are able to choose and combine the appropriate dictions. Finally, they will be able to create a good poetry which has deep and beautiful meaning. The writer suggests that the teachers should use an appropriate and interesting learning source in teaching writing and appreciating poetry. Song lyrics in Linkin Park consist of a lot of words, phrases, and sentences with the figurative language, especially metaphorical symbols which has implicit and deep meaning. Through delivering those songs lyrics, the students will get the inspiration and motivation in writing and appreciating poetry. Keywords: Metaphorical Symbol, Lyric, Poetry INTRODUCTION work. According to Risdianto in his book entitled Introduction to Literature Everybody needs an entertainment (2010:5), literature is a sense of in their lives. Without entertainment, entertaining display and provides pleasure people are under pressure after doing their in addition to the element of ‘truth’ daily activities along the day. One thing involved. Unfortunately, many people are that most people enjoy is enjoying literary bored to read novels, watch the drama, 60 even enjoying a poem. But in fact, most thought and sense. It is supported by the people like listening to the song. Song can statement from Zbikowski in his journal be enjoyed by a lot of people without entitled Metaphor and music theory: regarding their gender, educational Reflections from cognitive science (2009: background, age even their country. 85), metaphor is regarded as simply one of People are not only enjoying song, but also number of rhetorical figures to be used in creating remarkable song with beautiful the service of argument, persuasion, lyrics and music. illumination, and entertainment. Metaphor Song can be categorized as in the song lyric is the songwriter’s literature because it has similiarities with emotion to express something touches one of literature genres, that is a poem. his/her heart and thought which he or she There are some similarities between a song experienced in real daily life. and a poem. Either song or poem consists Therefore, to analyze the of verses and stanzas united to be a lyric. metaphorical symbols in literary works, Usually, the songwriters express their people can use semiotic study. According ideas, thoughts, and feeling through song to Morentin (2010: 15), semiotic is the lyrics that he or she made. Besides that, cognitive ability that humanity have for the song also has rhythmic and so does a production of sign of all kinds: iconic, poem. Rhythm is one of the important indexical, and symbolic, to give with them elements in both songs and poem. In fact, ontological existence to its humanness. there is even a form of poem which is Basically, semiotic study is how to learn made into music called a poem lyric. the human signify the things. In this case, Rhytm can make the song and poem more signify can not be mixed with beautiful to be enjoyed. communicate. The meaning of signify is In creating song, the songwriters all objects are not only carry information, usually deliver the meaning to other. The but also the has structured system of signs. meaning can be communicated to people Semiotic can be explained as the through signs or symbols in song lyrics. knowledge or theory about how the human Songwriters usually use metaphorical learn the meaning of sign around them. symbols in their songs to create more The sign around the human is anything beautiful and nicer song’s lyrics, and help that can be represented by the experiences, the listeners to understand the meaning of thoughts, ideas, or emotions. Therefore, the song deeply. Metaphorical symbols can semiotic study is used to reveal the communicate the things that the songwriter implicit meaning in the sign. 61 Mastering knowledge about meaning, such as racism, poverty, social, implicit meaning of sign and symbols is romance, children, and environment. needed by the teacher to teaching poetry to Metaphorical symbols make the their students. It is aimed to touch song has beautiful words, deep meaning, students’heart through creating beautiful nice to listen, touch the listeners’ heart. So, language which has deep meaning. In fact, the writer is interested to explore the teaching writing poem is not an easy job. connotative meaning of metaphorical The teachers have to understand the symbols in the song lyrics of Linkin Park. metaphorical symbols and collect a lot of Teaching poetry to the students is vocabularies which can build the poem aimed to touch the heart of students with more beautiful to be enjoyed. Through more intensity and immediacy that some of learning this study, hopefully the teacher poem counterparts. The topics of poetry and the students have a reference to create such as, identity, discovery, family the good poem which has implicit relationship, survival, change, morality, meanings to create the amazing effect to hope, and dream are primary interest the the readers. students in searching the self-awarness in Nowadays, there are so many good an uncertain world. songs with beautiful lyrics by a lot of The questions focused on this study singers or bands. One of them is Linkin are: Park. Linkin Park (LP) is one of the 1. What are the meaning of metaphorical greatest rock bands in the world. There are symbols used in the Linkin Park’s song many good songs released by LP and lyrics? success in the world market. In this study, 2. What is the contribution of Linkin the writer used the hits songs from Linkin Park’s song lyrics in teaching poetry? Park, such as; Numb, Hand Held High, What I’ve done, New Divide, and Final REVIEW OF RELATED THEORIES masquerade (Taken from www.imdb.com, The writer found journals which accesed on 11/04/2016). have relationship with the topic of the Linkin Park band is the best rock research. First, the writer used journal band all the time in rock music industry. from Heimlich (2008:1) entitled “The Almost 30 million copies spread around Metaphoric Use of Song Lyrics as the world. Lyrical themes in this album Paraverbal Communication”. The result told the listener about any aspect of human shows that song lyrics used metaphorically life through beautiful that gas deep are particularly helpful as a medium for 62 communication with childern who do not literary works that express the thoughts, respond adequately to traditional treatment emotion, and feelings of the writer and it is approaches. Next, the writer uses journal composed in beautiful language which from Shorta (2000:1) entitled “Metaphor have implicit meanings to create the in Nightwish`S Dark Passion Play amazing effect to the readers. Album”. The findings of the study show Lyric that there are 83 occurrences of eight types Lyric is a set of words that make up of metaphor. They are active metaphor (8), a song. The word lyric came to be used for inactive metaphor (3), subjective metaphor the words of a song. The writer of lyrics is (3), mimetic metaphor (17), a lyricist or lyrist. Language found in the phenomenalistic metaphor (4), precision lyrics is not much different from the metaphor (7), symbolism metaphor (18), language in poetry. and approximate metaphor (23). General Concept of Semiotic Study Poetry The concept semiotics is derived Poetry is categorized as one of from Greek word semion, which means a literature genres means the written or sign. Semiotic is therefore concerned with verbal language that is structured everything that can be taken as rhythmically and is meant to tell a story, or significantly substituting for something express any kind of emotion, feeling, and else, such as experiences, thoughts, ideas, idea to the readers. or emotions. Next, Ollila and Jantas (2006:1) states that: poetry is any kind of verbal or Metaphorical Symbols in Semiotic written language that is structured Study rhythmically and is meant to tell a story, or Based on Fadaee (2010:21), the express any kind of emotion, idea, or state word metaphor etymologically comes of being. The word poetry in etymologist from Greek metaphora which means to term derived from the Greek word poesis carry over or transfer from place to another which means establishing, forming, place or other region. Metaphor is used to making, or creating. Poetry is one of the express the meaning that based on the literary works that its words are arranged similarities and comparison. In literary according to certain conditions with the work, the metaphor is used to convey the use of rhythm, rhyme and sometimes uses implicit meaning.